The relative strength of the Russian economy, which has so far been able to compensate for even the toughest sanctions and a war exceptionally well, surprises the majority of fiat economists. It has been clear from the outset that energy is the base layer of the global economy and not just any fiat currency, even if it is the overpowering dollar, which has suffered significant cracks since the BRICS countries turned their backs on the petrodollar and established their own currency and settlement system.